The Mincy takes confuse me a little bit. We're still scorned lovers over a guy who shut himself down with an "ankle issue" years ago, but in the case of Cory he's fighting through an injury to try and help the team and we're questioning that too? As I understand it he can't really do more damage but he also won't get better until after the season, so if he and the team thinks he can help why not give it a shot? It sucks to see him struggle but I'm all in on a guy willing to sacrifice for the team and suit up injured.
I think these are two different situations. One guy was holding himself out on a fake injury and because he was saving himself for bigger money (and being a headcase).
Mincy is doing everything he can, but if he truly isn't going to get better and its detrimental to the team, why play him? I personally think that Mincy needs to keep playing (maybe some less minutes depending on how things are going), and last night he had some good looks that just rimmed off. While 2/10 isn't pretty, I didn't see poor shot selection and he was still giving a ton of effort. Effort that was called out by Tony in the press conference.
Guys need to step up, show fight and show care. When Tony mentions the word "care" a lot, and we're all seeing lack of "care" or "fight" those are concerning things. As I said during previous coach eras, its one thing to lose, its another to not show care and fight. When I want to turn games off early (or have friends leave early), that means things have truly gone south.